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Silver Quandong TreenounMWEAustralian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruitverified
Silver SagenounMWElow much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leavesverified
Silver SagebrushnounMWElow much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leavesverified
Silver SalmonnounMWEfatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakesverified
Silver StandardnounMWEa monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of silververified
Silver ThatchnounMWEsmall palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmettoverified
Silver Tree FernnounMWEa showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersidesverified
Silver WattlenounMWEevergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowersverified
Silver WhitingnounMWEa dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United Statesverified
Silver WillownounMWENorth American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in dryingverified
Silver-Leaved NettlenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
Silver-Leaved NightshadenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
Silverleaf NightshadenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
Silvery SpleenwortnounMWEfern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing sporesverified
Simple FracturenounMWEan uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skinverified
Simple FruitnounMWEan indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grapeverified
Simple Harmonic MotionnounMWEperiodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacementverified
Simple Integrity PropertynounMWEIn Simple Integrity Property a user cannot write data to a higher integrity level than their own.verified
Simple MachinenounMWEa device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other pointverified
Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolnounMWEThe standard electronic mail (e-mail) protocol on the Internetverified
Simple MastectomynounMWEremoval of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intactverified
Simple MicroscopenounMWElight microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged imageverified
Simple Network Management ProtocolnounMWEThe protocol governing network management and the monitoring of network devices and their functions. A set of protocols for managing complex networks.verified
Simple PendulumnounMWEa hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant lengthverified
Simple PhobianounMWEany phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuliverified
Simple RegressionnounMWEthe relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)verified
Simple Security PropertynounMWEIn Simple Security Property a user cannot read data of a higher classification than their own.verified
Simple SugarnounMWEa sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugarsverified
Simulated loss of data center site(s) test/exercisenounMWEA type of disaster recovery test that involves the simulation of the loss of the primary, alternate, and/or tertiary data processing sites to verify that the institution can continue its data processing activities.verified
Simulative Electronic DeceptionnounMWEactions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forcesverified
Simultaneous EquationsnounMWEa set of equations in two or more variables for which there are values that can satisfy all the equations simultaneouslyverified
Single factor authenticationnounMWEAuthentication process that requires only the user ID and password to grant accessverified
Single Point KeyingnounMWEMeans of distributing key to multiple, local crypto equipment or devices from a single fill point.verified
Single TaxnounMWEa system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land)verified
Single-Breasted JacketnounMWEa jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttonsverified
Single-Entry (ACH)nounMWEA one-time transfer of funds initiated by an originator in accordance with the receiver's authorization for a single ACH credit or debit to the receiver's consumer account.verified
Single-Hop ProblemnounMWEThe security risks resulting from a mobile software agent moving from its home platform to another platform.verified
Single-Leaf PinenounMWEpinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stemsverified
Single-Leaf PinyonnounMWEpinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stemsverified
Single-Member SystemnounMWEbased on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral districtverified
Single-Reed InstrumentnounMWEa beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)verified
Single-Reed WoodwindnounMWEa beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)verified
Single-Valued FunctionnounMWE(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)verified
Singletary PeanounMWEa weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United Statesverified